Chapter 1281 Qin Army Attacks the Barbarian Capital
"Haha, uncle, don't you want to see the queen?" With no one else around, the two met without some restrictions between the monarch and his ministers.
"Haha, Your Majesty, what you have in mind may not be that simple. Come, let me tell you what your plan is." Shen Yunyi laughed hahaly and came closer to Tang Ao.
Shi Lei, who was following him, naturally saw everything that happened, but he had already become accustomed to it. He turned his head and looked away.
"He who knows me is my uncle."
Tang Ao had no intention of hiding anything from Shen Yunyi.
What he does will eventually be discovered by others, not to mention that what he plans to do next is the land of Fuzhou and Zhejiang. For example, the war in the west will be ignored. This requires someone who understands his intentions. Someone goes to direct the battle over there.
After much thought, it seems that no one is more suitable than Shen Yunyi.
The war in the west cannot be viewed in conventional terms.
In order to consume the strength of the Qin army and at the same time give the other side a certain amount of hope, sometimes it is necessary to make some "wrong" decisions, causing the other side to think that it cannot hold on any longer, and will continue to rely on Qin's forces. Send troops to achieve the purpose of consuming the opponent's strength.
In this way, if the person who goes to command the battle there does not have enough prestige, once he makes any inappropriate decision, he will inevitably be questioned by the generals below.
If it is not done well, it is possible that the people below will refuse to implement it.
At this time, Shen Yunyi's qualifications were revealed. With him, the number one person in the Dahua military, no one would dare to question anything, which would make the war in the west go more smoothly. This is also why Tang Ao is in Share worries.
Having an idea, Tang Ao spoke it out in front of Shen Yunyi, and finally said: "Uncle, you haven't moved your body for a long time, how about it? How about I leave the battlefield to the west to you?"
After hearing Tang Ao's true thoughts, Shen Yunyi was very surprised.
He did not expect that Tang Ao would set his sights on Daqin to the west before the internal affairs of Dahua were resolved.
Dahua and Daqin are so far apart that it takes more than half a year for an army to travel. And the consumption of supplies along the way is an astronomical figure.
After this battle is won, how much manpower and material resources will be consumed? Therefore, the decision to go on an expedition cannot be made except by people with great perseverance.
Now that Tang Ao has done it, it is enough to show how big his heart is. As his uncle and one of the most trusted ministers, Shen Yunyi, naturally all he can do is to fully support Tang Ao.
Perhaps because of his age, he will not be able to see the day when Dahua becomes rampant in the world, but he is very willing to be the cornerstone of Dahua becoming stronger.
"Haha, okay, since the emperor has a decree, I will naturally accept the order. But after this battle, I am afraid there will be many people behind me scolding me for being incompetent." Shen Yunyi obviously also thought of it, but just blindly The defense must also give hope to the Qin army coming from afar. In the process, some foolish moves will be made.
When these tricks fall into the eyes of other people, it will inevitably make some people question them.
"It doesn't matter, uncle will always be the backbone of Dahua's military, and this will never change." Tang Ao knew what the other party was worried about, and made his promise immediately.
"Haha, that's it. I will accept the order."
Shen Yunyi took over the important task, and three days later, he led an advance army of 100,000 dogs to the west. At the same time, Tang Ao was also making preparations to send troops to Fujian and Zhejiang. When the Japanese were in the south, Days are running out and it’s time to deal with them.
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Mandu.
Aoda has already led his troops to retreat here.
According to the requirements of strengthening the walls and clearing the wilderness, the formation of the team became larger and larger along the way.
But along the way from Tucheng to Mandu, all the towns and villages, including the yurt houses with only one family, were forcibly demolished by Aoda's order, and then all the people and animals were brought back to Mandu. among.
It is no exaggeration to say that during this journey, Aoda could not even eat half a grain of food.
There was nothing left for the Qin army behind him, and it truly achieved the fact that the opponent had no benefits to gain.
In this way, by the time they reached the capital, the population under their rule reached more than 50,000.
The Western Barbarians originally had a small population and a large territory, so they were very scattered, but now they are all concentrated together because of their arrogance.
Since Mandu became a place under the rule of Dahua, an outer city was built outside, and the city area expanded many times. Obviously Tang Ao was planning for a rainy day, and had long thought about building this place into a city to attack the west. An important base.
It seems that in normal times, a lot of things needed for war are accumulated here, such as ordnance, military rations and other items.
As for Tianlei, it is the top secret of the Great Chinese Army and would not have been transported unless before the war.
Tang Ao knew very well that thunder was a double-edged sword, it could hurt others as well as yourself.
But even if there is no new generation of Tianlei, there are still some in the first, second and third generation Tianlei City, which are enough to cope with some battles. Ao Dang ordered people to move the ordnance and Tianlei in the general storehouse to the tower. After finishing the battle to defend the city, we waited for the arrival of reinforcements.
Mandu, as an important barrier to the west of Dahua, the fourth brigade of Shanshan Guards is permanently stationed here. However, considering that Shanshan Guards are elite cavalry, they were arranged by Aoda outside the city. As for the inside of the city, there are Fifty thousand barbarian soldiers defended the area, and the person responsible for assisting Aoda here was Fu Rushi, the original Western Barbarian national advisor.
When the barbarian capital was ready to defend the city, the Qin army was also sweeping across the barbarian land like a strong wind.
With the old barbarian king Er Guda as the internal support, the army took many detours along the way. It is just a pity that the towns and cities that Er Guda remembered in the past are now empty. The building was empty as people left.
This also made the Qin army's idea of moving forward, killing and supplying all the way come to nothing.
The Qin army could not get any supplies, and Octavian was a little anxious. He had to send people back to the Qin Dynasty to ask for food, grass, ordnance and reinforcements, and at the same time he kept ordering his cavalry to speed up to see if any fish had been caught.
But obviously, this idea is doomed to fail. Compared with the chaotic management of the barbarians during the Erguda period, Tang Ao adopted a household registration system. This is related to how much pasture their barbarian people can get, and How much fertile land can be cultivated?
Since it is closely related to the quality of one's life, how could anyone conceal the report? If it were not for Dahua's laws that prohibit false reporting of population, otherwise it would be punished with a felony, and the government would send people to re-verify every once in a while, then I don't know how many People will choose to overreport the population.
It was precisely with the strict population registration system that the work of strengthening the walls and clearing the country was very efficient. All the people who were living outside were found one by one, and were immediately ordered to withdraw to the barbaric city.
Naturally, some of the common people were unwilling to leave their homeland, but the problem was that the officials who came to deliver the message said that if they could not return to Mandu within the specified time, their household registration would be cancelled, which meant that they would no longer be big people in the future.
People from China will not be able to enjoy Dahua’s various policies.
Based on this, no one dared to take it lightly. After getting the news, they all rushed towards the barbarian capital, fearing that one step at night would make them homeless.
All of this is thanks to Tang Ao's good policies for the people. Otherwise, it doesn't matter if they are not the people of Dahua, the people will not lose anything.
But it is different now. Once they are no longer common people in Dahua, it means that the pastures and fertile lands originally given to them will be taken back. This is something that the people absolutely cannot agree to.
The Qin army's sweep failed. When the army arrived thirty miles away from the Mandu, Octavian once again made an appointment with the generals to discuss what to do next.
After everyone gathered together, Eguda, the king of the Western Barbarians, introduced the current situation. He pointed to a simple hand-drawn map and said: "There are three cities in front of us now. The Barbarian capital directly opposite, and the
The city of Hugh in the north, and the city of Bakhna further north.”
"The walls of the Mandu city are tall and easy to defend and difficult to attack, but there is a large population and sufficient food. If we can seize this place, the army can get it."
Supplement, and have its own stable rear."
"Xiu City also has tall walls and has been strengthened by Hua. It is not easy to attack, and the resources there are not rich. Even if it is captured, it may not be of much benefit to us. At least for us.
For an army of 300,000, it is not of much use."
"The farthest north is the city of Bakhna. In comparison, the city there is not very tall, but the terrain is not suitable for large numbers of cavalry, and the mountain roads are rugged, making it unsuitable for large armies to march. Of course, if we capture it,
You can use this route to enter Dahua's Suzhou or even Guzhou, which is equivalent to being able to penetrate directly to Dahua's inner circle."
After Erguda's introduction, everyone frowned at first, but soon, everyone seemed to have made a decision in their hearts, that is, to attack Mandu.
It is true that the barbarian capital is not easy to attack, but once it is captured, the benefits will be great. At least the food problem that worries them can be greatly alleviated, and there is a large population there. Once it is captured, it will be equal to
With more troops, even if these people can't go into battle to help them kill the enemy, they can at least help transport food and do some heavy work.
This time the Qin army came with 300,000 troops, less than half of whom were cavalry, and more than half of them were infantry. But even if they were infantry, these people were a fighting force, and let these people transport food and do work
Some heavy tasks in the military are really overqualified.
Because of this matter, many soldiers have already expressed their dissatisfaction. It's a pity that now they haven't even caught a single civilian. Without anyone to replace them, they can only do the work themselves.
